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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Deniliquin Railway Co

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 9

Dividend declared by the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Co. in respect of the half-year ended December 31 last, is on the increased basis of 8 per cent…

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Motors and Motoring a Canadian Truck Suitable for 'Buses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 18

The Ruggles Motor Truck Co., Ltd., London and Canada, whose now well-known Ruggles truck came on the New South Wales market about a year…

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Motor Cycling Sydney Club Busy Big Easter Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 17

Some indication of the future activity of the Sydney Club to promote competition among the motor cyclists was gleaned from the following official…

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The Motor Owner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 19

We have received a copy of the summer number of the "Australian Motor Owner," a quarterly matfazino published in Sydney. The magazine is…

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Motors and Motoring Cars with Wings Are We on the Eve of a New Era? Small "Air-cars" at £100

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 19

Motorists, driving long distances lately, both in this country and abroad, to watch exhibitions of "wind-riding" in winged machines without engines…

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Motor 'Buses Remarkable Expansion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 19

"The extension of the motor 'bus services has been remarkable," says the annual report of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales. "It is…

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Motor Traders Mr. Hipsley, President Committees for the Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 18

Mr. W. B. Hipsley, of Hipsleys, Ltd., has been appointed to succeed Mr. G. Hellicar, of Messrs. Brown and Hellicar, as president of the Motor Traders'…

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Trade Prospects Bright Outlook Motor Traders' Views

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 18

Discussing the future outlook for the motor in Australia, the annual report of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales, which has just been…

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Who Owns the Road? Citizens or Tramways? Incident at Paddington

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 2

E.W.A., Glenmore-road, Paddington, writes:— On Saturday, January 20, I, with several other residents and visitors of…

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One From Glebe Tip Near Wigram Road Resident's Complaint

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 3

A resident of Wigram-road, Glebe, forwards the following:— "Having read the accounts regarding the incompetency of various municipal…

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Iniquitous Tram Fares in Sydney Are a Cloak for Incompetence in General Railway Control

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 4

OTHER Sydney newspapers have now taken up the question, raised a few weeks ago by the Sunday Times, and, on behalf of the people of Sydney, want to know why city tram fares should be kept high, to provide a surplus against deficits in general railway running…

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Motor Cyclist Killed "Travelling at 50 Miles an Hour" Collision with a Tram

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 2

The furious driving of a side-car is alleged to have been the cause of a fatal collision with a tram in Bourke-street, Darlinghurst, last…

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Shocking Accident Motor Cycle Dashes Into Tram One Man Killed Another Seriously Injured

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 5

One man was killed, and another seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and side-car and a tram at Darlinghurst late yesterday afternoon. THE accident occurred at the…

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Tramway Hold-up Absurd Church-Hour Custom

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 4

Giving a bad service and retaining unnecessarily high fares are not the only instances of the foolishness of the Railway Commissioners…

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Motor Accident Two Persons injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 1

ALBURY, Saturday.—Colin Harrison, son of Louis Harrison, an archit[?] of Albury, was driving a new car, and had Stamey Quinn, a farmer of Holbrook,…

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Motor Yachting Darcy Donkin Retains Title

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 7

Darcy Donkin, the best sport in the motor boat line, still enjoys the title of motor boat champion of the State. He won last year with Greyhound, but defended the title yesterday with…

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MOTOR-SECTION Bathurst Via Jenolan Caves

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 10

An excellent two days' tour of about 290 miles is that from Sydney via Jenolan Caves to Bathurst and back, returning via the main Western-road…

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The Motor Cyclist

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 11

On Saturday afternoon next, the Sydney Club is to decide a grass hill climb on a course near Hyde. This is the first event of its kind to be staged in…

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Beating a Motorist

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 3

THE climax was reached when the car tore round the corner once more, and went within an Inch of pulverising Billy's little brother…

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Railway Union Settling Differences Officials Reinstated

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 2

Though there are 240 items on the agenda paper for the Australian Railways' Union conference which opened in Sydney on Friday morning last, not…

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